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New roles for research librarians : meeting the expectations for research support / Hilde Drivenes Daland, Kari-Mette Walmann Hidle.

By: Daland, Hilde Drivenes [author.]Contributor(s): Walmann-Hidle, Kari-Mette [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780081005774; 0081005776Subject(s): Research libraries -- Reference services | Academic librarians | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General | Academic librarians | Research libraries -- Reference servicesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 025.5/2777 LOC classification: Z664.L86Online resources: ScienceDirect
Contents:
1. Getting involved in the research environment and the research process -- 2. Information literacy skills in the research process -- 3. What is research support from the library, and what should it be? -- 4. Getting to know the library -- 5. Meeting different expectations : an approach to the different library users' needs -- 6. What can the library offer and what can the librarian do? -- 7. Communication is key -- how to make contact and stay in touch -- 8. Important research support services -- 9. Subject and discipline affect library needs -- 10. More fun and better results -- cooperating in academic writing -- 11. Conclusions and suggestions for further work -- 12. Suggestions for further reading.
Summary: This book suggests support strategies for librarians - even those who have never completed a PhD or engaged in independent research -- who want to adapt to new conditions and expectations from the students and researchers they serve.
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